SME: Dave Mendrek Moderator: Eric Ye SME Support Team: Rich Basile, Fred Lea, Keith McKinney
This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on considerations and concerns for turning down a FCC unit. FCC subject matter expert Dave Mendrek shared his top risks, key symptoms of issues, and recommended actions to keep units safe and reliable during these unusual market conditions. Dave was joined by other experts in rotating equipment, mechanical integrity, etc for a half hour Q&A at the end.

SME: Mike Kimbrell Moderator: Katie Taylor SME Support Team: Robert Falkiner, Clinton Shulz, Bill Schrof
This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on considerations and concerns for turning down a Crude Unit. CDU subject matter expert Mike Kimbrell shared his top risks, key symptoms of issues, and recommended actions to keep units safe and reliable during these unusual market conditions. Mike was joined by other experts in rotating equipment, mechanical integrity, etc for a half hour Q&A at the end.

SME: Mitch Moloney Moderator: Bobby Wright SME Support Team: Ranjan Nadarajah, Abby King, Clay White
This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on considerations and concerns for turning down a Delayed Coker. DCU subject matter expert Mitch Moloney shared his top risks, key symptoms of issues, and recommended actions to keep units safe and reliable during these unusual market conditions. Mitch was joined by other experts in rotating equipment, mechanical integrity, etc for a half hour Q&A at the end.

SME: Clayton Smith
This webinar featured a 2hr technical discussion focused on “Things to Consider when Deferring Turnarounds”. Turnarounds & Maintenance subject matter expert Clayton Smith shared top concerns, key issues, and recommended actions to keep in mind when contemplating deferring of Turnarounds into the future, due to these unusual market conditions. Clayton will be joined by other experts in Turnaround Management, Reliability, and Fixed Equipment Inspection throughout.

SME: Robert Ohmes Moderator: Robert Ohmes SME Support Team: Mel Larson, Dan Brady, Rick Lewis, Henry Nicola, Debnil Chowdhury (IHS Markit)
The “perfect” storm of low oil price and reduced product demand has overtaken the global oil industry. This webinar featured an economic and technical discussion focused on pathways to not only survive the turbulence but also to improve profitability during the current low throughput, reduced demand, and tight margin environments. Refiners have responded to this crisis by reducing throughput and severity, changing targeted markets, and adjusting product slate while deferring cost by pushing maintenance activities forward. Capital spending has been curtailed temporarily to conserve cash. These shifts have been steep and rapid. Now, refiners want to look for ways to improve margins and profitability over this dynamic period. Led by Robert Ohmes, the Becht team partnered with IHS’s Executive Director Debnil Chowdhury to share market insights. The webinar featured discussion on the current COVID-19 impacts and oil price war, highlighted operating issues, provided near term mitigations, and suggested potential optimization opportunities. Included are longer term considerations as well as methodologies to re-think the future under a “new normal”.